On a Red Station, Drifting
UPDATE Feb 2013: very pleased to announce that On a Red Station Drifting is a Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella. An e-copy should be available soon in the SFWA forums for voters to read.
UPDATE Dec 2012: orders now open at the Immersion Press website–remember, it’s a limited-edition hardback, so get yours early! More info here.
You can also get your copy from amazon here: amazon.com
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Out Dec 2012 from Immersion Press, a limited-edition novella set in the universe of Xuya (home of the award-wining “The Shipmaker”, Hugo and Nebula nominated “The Jaguar House, In Shadow” and Nebula-nominated “Shipbirth”): On a Red Station, Drifting.
For generations Prosper Station has thrived under the guidance of its Honoured Ancestress: born of a human womb, the station’s artificial intelligence has offered guidance and protection to its human relatives.
But war has come to the Dai Viet Empire. Prosper’s brightest minds have been called away to defend the Emperor; and a flood of disorientated refugees strain the station’s resources. As deprivations cause the station’s ordinary life to unravel, uncovering old grudges and tearing apart the decimated family, Station Mistress Quyen and the Honoured Ancestress struggle to keep their relatives united and safe. What Quyen does not know is that the Honoured Ancestress herself is faltering, her mind eaten away by a disease that seems to have no cure; and that the future of the station itself might hang in the balance…
Read an excerpt here!
Buy the book on amazon: On A Red Station, Drifting
Authors’ notes, notably geeking out on the Chinese classic Dream of Red Mansions, here.